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Darnell Clayton :verified:

@marqle @mike Opt-in is the correct call, but it does limit what is searchable on #Mastodon.

#Misskey is opt-in as well, but the culture there seems to embrace being searchable more so than Mastodon.

A classic example was when there was some drama regarding #Firefish, a search on Mastodon revealed nothing. But when I searched on Misskey I was able to obtain context for what the drama was about (even though my Misskey network is ≈400 times smaller).

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Mike Fraser :Jets: :flag:

@darnell @marqle #Misskey and #Firefish seem miles ahead with features. I run a Firefish instance and find the interface a bit busy for my liking. Almost like there's too much going on.

marqle

@mike @darnell

That's actually been my experience too. I tried the antennae too for a while but that made things even worse.

It does teach you though - when Twitter pretended it was showing you the whole picture by assorting information according to its priorities - it was doing nothing of the sort.

It's one of the most cherished myths of modern times - that social media gives us the whole picture - but it is just a myth.

No one has time to see the whole picture.

marqle

@darnell@one.darnell.one @marqle@mastodonapp.uk @mike@thecanadian.social

No I realised how
#misskey works, as you can see, but as you say it's also opt in and I can't think of any kind of instance that's opt out (though I haven't done a pleroma check yet) so I was wondering what's to be gained from changing the direction of the option?

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